Food price stabilization: Concepts and exercises
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1 Food price stabilization: Concepts and exercises Nicholas Minot (IFPRI) Training module given at the Comesa event Risk Management in African Agriculture on 9-10 September 2010 in Lilongwe, Malawi under the Comesa-MSU-IFPRI African Agricultural Markets Programme (AAMP) Outline Food price instability How is price instability measured? How do we simulate price instability in Excel? Explanation of price stabilization model Sources of price instability Price instability and income instability Effect of trade on food price stability Import and export parity prices How does trade stabilize prices? Role of buffer stocks in stabilizing food prices Price band, buying and selling price Width of price band Level of price band
2 Food price instability Definition and measurement Measuring food price instability Coefficient of variation = CV = standard deviation/average Adjusted coefficient of variation = CV with correction to remove effect of time trend Calculating CV in Excel =stdev(range)/average(range) Example: =stdev(b3:b40)/average(b3:b40) Simulating a random variable in Excel = norminv(rand(), mean, stdev) Example: to generate a random variable with mean=200 and CV = 20%, std deviation will be 40 so = norminv(rand(), 200, 40)) Food price instability Definition and measurement CV = 10% CV = 30% CV = 20% CV = 40%
3 Magnitude of food price instability By comparison, for six Asian countries, the CV for rice prices ranged from 12% in Bangladesh to 25% in the Philippines Generating random variables Exercise Open Generating random variables.xls Look at formula for column of numbers What does $C$3 mean? Press F9 to recalculate several times Why do numbers and graph change? Change standard deviation to 40, then 60 What happens to graph? Change standard deviation to 10, then 5 What happens to graph? Look at column G and recalculate several times Why are actual average and std deviations different than in column C?
4 Understanding the Excel model of price stabilization Open Model of price stabilization.xls Green box contains inputs, that is parameters that can be changed to simulate different types of markets General assumptions To set characteristics of domestic market Trade assumptions To set characteristics of international trade and policy assumptions Buffer stock assumptions To set buffer stock policy and cost assumptions Yellow box contains outputs, that is the outcome of the assumptions made above Warning: Do not change values in the yellow box Average and CV of several variables of interest Graph 1 shows prices with and without international trade Graph 2 shows prices with and without buffer stock Calculation worksheet Shows how the outputs are calculated based on the inputs Causes of food price instability Variation in domestic supply of commodity Particularly non-tradable commodities: maize, bananas, root crops Seasonality in prices Differences in size of harvest Small production instability can cause large price instability Variation in world price of commodity Usually just tradable commodities: wheat, rice, etc Large effect in but generally little effect Only 13 of 62 food prices in Africa showed significant link to world prices Food policy (trade policy, buffer stocks, etc) Price elasticity of demand Variation in demand (e.g. holidays) Changes in closely related markets Speculative bubbles
5 Causes of food price instability - Exercises Variation in domestic supply of commodity Increase CV of production Decrease CV of production How does it affect CV of prices? Price elasticity of demand Price elasticity of demand Definition: percentage change in demand given a 1% increase in price Price elasticity of demand is negative Example: If elasticity is -2, a 1% increase in price causes a 2% decline in demand Price elasticity of demand for staple food is generally in the range of -0.1 to -0.6 Set price elasticity of demand at -0.3, -0.5, and -1.0 How does it affect the food price instability? Why does inelastic demand make food prices more volatile? What factors determine whether demand is elastic or inelastic? Trade and price instability Import parity price Definition: Cost of imported product including taxes and transport to a location Affected by import tariffs, cost of transportation, distance to coast, etc Sets upper limit on market price of commodity if trade is allowed Export parity prices Definition: World price of an exported good minus cost of taxes and transportation from certain location to world markets Affected by export taxes, cost of transportation, distance to coast, etc. Sets lower limit on market price of commodity if trade allowed Thus, trade sets a natural price band within which market prices must stay But band may be very wide if distance and transport costs are high Trade taxes make price band wider
6 Trade and price instability - Exercise Two ways to compare with and without trade 1. Compare first and second section of yellow-shaded table 2. Compare red line (no trade) with green line (with trade) in Figure 1 Reduce transfer cost to/from world market from $150 to $75 What is maximum price with and without trade? What is minimum price with and without trade? What is the CV of price with and without trade? Add 30% import tax and 30% export tax What is maximum price with and without trade? What is minimum price with and without trade? What is the CV of price with and without trade? Message: taxes on trade widen the natural price band that international trade provides Food price stabilization in theory Idea of buffer stock Buy when price is low (e.g bumper harvest) Sell when price is high (e.g. drought year) Effect is to raise price when low, lower price when high Price-band policy Set ceiling price and floor price Buffer stock willing and able to sell unlimited quantities at ceiling price Buffer stock willing and able to buy unlimited quantities at floor price Effect is to keep price between ceiling and floor price With buffer stock Without buffer stock
7 Food price stabilization in practice Operation of public food reserves Typically managed by state-owned enterprise Reserves in main staple cereal and 1-2 others Root crops and cooking bananas too Food reserves in developing countries have multiple objectives Price stabilization, preparation for emergencies, support farm price, keep down consumer prices, etc. Food reserves use different types of interventions Not just buying & selling, but import & export policy, government imports and exports, regulations of grain marketing Food reserves do not use consistent buy/sell rules Intervention depends on budget resources, politics, etc. Buffer stock and price instability Model Model calculates: Quantity that has to be bought and sold each year to keep price inside price band Quantity in storage (initial stock minus all sales plus all purchases) Trading costs = cost of buying or selling stock (revenue is negative) Storage cost = quantity in storage x cost per ton (initially $50/ton) Transport cost = cost of moving commodity to/from warehouses Interest cost = opportunity cost of capital tied up in stock Total annual cost Cumulative cost over the simulation (negative = revenue) Balance left over = Original budget minus accumulated net costs Probability of exhausting funds Probability of exhausting stock Probability of exceeding storage capacity Numbers will vary for each recalculation
8 1) Price instability and income instability Only affects households if it causes variation in income and consumption Food price instability Real income (purchasing power) Consumption Reduction in welfare Importance of commodity in consumption or as source of income, level of diversification Ability to smooth consumption with savings, credit, sale of assets, etc. Importance of Level of income, degree of risk aversion Price stability and income stability - Exercise Set price elasticity of demand to -1.0 What is CV of gross farm revenue without price stabilization? Why is it so low? Set buffer stock price band at 350 and 300 What is CV of gross farm revenue with price stabilization? Why is gross farm revenue more unstable with price stabilization? Set price elasticity of demand to -0.5 Compare CV of gross farm revenue with and without stabilization Why are the results different?
9 Price stability and income stability - Explanation For farmers, price stabilization may actually destabilize income No price stabilization In bad year, high price offsets low output; in good year, low price but high output With price stabilization Variation in output not offset by changes in price. More income instability. 2) Effect of width of price band - Exercise Change from wide band to narrow band: Change price band from to What is the CV of price before and after? What is the frequency of purchase and sale before and after? How does average annual cost change? What is the probability of running out of funds over 10 years? What is the probability of running out of stocks over 10 years? What is the probability of exceeding storage capacity over 10 years?
10 Width of price band Wide band implies: Less price stabilization Less frequent intervention Lower cost Narrow band implies: More price stabilization More frequent intervention Higher cost With buffer stock Without buffer stock With buffer stock Without buffer stock ) Effect of level of price band - Exercise Change in level of band Change price band to What is the CV of price? What is the frequency of purchase and sale before and after? What is the probability of running out of funds over 10 years? What is the probability of running out of stocks over 10 years? What is the probability of exceeding storage capacity over 10 years? Change price band to What is the CV of price? What is the frequency of purchase and sale before and after? What is the probability of running out of funds over 10 years? What is the probability of running out of stocks over 10 years? What is the probability of exceeding storage capacity over 10 years?
11 Buffer stock If mid-point is too high: Buying more than selling Accumulation of stocks Eventually exhaust funding or storage capacity If mid-point is too low: Selling more than buying Depletion of stocks Eventually exhaust stocks One option: set mid-point at average of past 3 years With buffer stock Without buffer stock With buffer stock Without buffer stock Conclusions Price stabilization is expensive Large procurement costs (US$ 80 m in Kenya in 2006) Storage, handling, and overhead State enterprises cannot cover costs with stabilization efforts Aggregate benefits are small Most estimates 0-4% of farm income Benefits of price stabilization not pro-poor Most of benefits to larger commercial farmers, also urban poor Food price stabilization prone to rent-seeking Open borders provide no-cost price band Impeding imports has exacerbated price spike in several cases Improve consistency and predictability in govt actions
12 Conclusions Promote private grain storage & imports Credit, non-intervention, & storage rental Promote consumption of secondary staple crops Cassava can act as shock absorber for grain markets Rationale for 3 months grain reserve To cover period until commercial imports can be arranged If price stabilization politically necessary Adopt rule-based price band Adopt wide & market based price band
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